From Archibald McLachlan   Sunday

Sunday – England – N^o 2

The expenses were obtained thus – 1114 men at 3/. – £52,000 – The number of men, laborers and all, prior to the Reduction was 1114 nearly – a few more came from Ireland after the calculation was made – but not many – I could not tell the pay and expense of Officers –Trig:¹ – Instruments – Boundaries – Stationary – Southampton &c &c – but raised the pay of the men up to 3/. and said that will clear all –

		1114
		3
		3342
	for	311 – days
And speak in round numbers the expenses is about 60.000 yearly – or was so lately – One of the gentlemen here told me, that about 8 months ago he knew from the Superintendent2 that the quantity done in Yorkshire was – 600.000 acres, including the towns.		3342
		3342
		10026
		137020
		10020
		1039362
		51.9000

600,000 added to Lancashire = 1.100.000 = 1.700.000 – I conclude that Lancashire was then all surveyed – but did not know you did any of Yorkshire

I will suppose that Lancashire is all done	= 1-100.000
Our part of York –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––	= 0-800.000
Your part of York ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––	= 1.900.000
	––––––––––
If the Manchester party has done any of York it has to be added	= _________

Because in my calculation the work done by B. & D.³ was 600.000. I said 700.000 to make sure – since that time little has been done to affect the calculation, because of the reduction in the number of men – & the time spent on the towns – Now without knowing how much you have done of York – or how much the Manchester party has done of York – I would calculate in round numbers and say –

Lancashire––––––––	1.100.000
York––––––––	1.100.000
	2.200.000
Expenses–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––	£140.000 = 2/. per acre!!

You will see by this whether I make any awful blunder such as a Million of Acres!! and 60.000 £ – !!

Now stating it as formerly –––––––––––––––––––––––	Acres 1.800.000
Expenses = 120.000£ –––––––––––––––––––––––––––	2/. per acre –
A very good guess – and we cannot make anything but a close guess – Now I will state it my way to suit the alterations since the above–
	Acres 2.200.000
Expenses 140.000£ –––––––––––––––––––––––	2/ per acre ––

You will see that in both the results are nearly equal, 2/ per acre. And in speaking to the public I should say – ‘The quantity done is in round numbers – 2,000.000 acres – expenses 130.000£ or = 2/. per acre – and if this statement is false, you, gentlemen, can set the public right by stating the true quantities’!!

Suppose I make some awful blunder and instead of the above

It should stand thus –––––––––––––––––––––––	Men = 1114 = 2/6 = £40.000
	2 years
	80000
	20
	1.600.000
and at the end of 2 years we have ––––––––––	Acres = ––––– 1.600.000

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Monday

To day I have consulted a cool & knowing one - he says we C.B.4 division has done ––––––––––––––––	500.000 acres
and will not be finished in less than 6 or 9 months – Annual cost of all the O.S.E.5 – 50. or 60.000 – yearly. ‘It cant be less than 50 – nor more than 60’ – a year. –
‘C. Dunford6 has done ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––	500.000 ac
and won't finish in shorter time than 12 months’
– I say Acid7 has done Lancashire –––	1.100.000
to be finished in 9 months – (all 6 inch work) –	2.000.000
So if you say 130.000£ – and 2.000.000 acres

you come as near to the truth as the absence of official documents will permit – So you have here all that I can say on this point. – B.⁸

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